Marriage Etiquette - Who Pays for What.

I get too much of these requests that I was convinced that the subject guaranteed its own article. The only thing you do not want with marriage flowers is pollen.

With marriage flowers little pollen is good, and no pollen at all is easily the best. Daises : for a start I might avoid using almost all of the daisy-related type flowers, daisies, gerbera, chrysanthemums, asters, dahlias, and sunflowers unless you know they are pollen-free ones. There essentially are a few chrysanthemums, dahlias and asters that are called formal doubles and that have no pollen.

All these formal doubled flowers will be ones with a particularly high number of petals per flower. Roses : Florist type half-breed tea roses that are still in a closed bud stage and that are not especially perfumed are wonderful selections and will shed no pollen. The Banksia roses, that may be either yellow or white, are little, lovable, come in dense sprays, and are also pollen free. Working out a budget for your marriage is one of the first things that should be done once the date is set. Have loads more information about wedding candles. Does the rite be formal, semiformal or informal? A formal marriage, naturally, will be the costliest and the informal, the least. Who pays for what? Unlike ten years ago, the lines are now not so rigidly drawn. Anybody assisting with the marriage would be smart not to paste their hands into the water in which the lilies have been standing, as this water will have the sap in it. Still, a gardener chum might have some you might use if the season is rightspring and fall. Lawns : If the marriage is to be held on a lawn, or if the reception later is, I'd suggest that the turf be mowed 2 - 3 days previously, and a lawn mower with a fairly good grass catcher be used.